The Car Talk Thread

MrEDuck

MrEDuck

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On the subject of smaller lighter cars :)
If I could afford to buy a toy car the Elise is at the top of the list. Nothing like having a <200hp 4 banger and being able to keep up with and beat supercars on a track.
 
drolove

drolove

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MrEDuck said:
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On the subject of smaller lighter cars :)
If I could afford to buy a toy car the Elise is at the top of the list. Nothing like having a <200hp 4 banger and being able to keep up with and beat supercars on a track.
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ya those are awesome! and really not even that expensive. idk about the newer models but when i looked them up a few years ago they were only 40-70k depending on the model. now the corvette goes for about twice that lol. you know insurance wont be cheap though!
 
drolove

drolove

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MrEDuck said:
I love that a 911 is still visually a 911.
A friend had a 930, that thing could get kinda scary. Even the naturally aspirated 911s prior to the mid 80s could have some terrifying over steer, all that extra power makes it really easy to end up going backwards through the hedges. Once they got that sorted they were some of the easiest high end sports cars to really drive well.
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haha ya really. ever seen the yellow bird being driven? that thing is all over the place lol
 
drolove

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racerboy71 said:
how are the older porsches for up keep costs mre?? i'm not thinking they'd be too crazy, not like say an italian car, no matter which make..

there's this german auto repair place i used to take my vw bug to once in awhile up the street from me that does really nice work.. he's always got some nice 911's and a few bmw's in the parking lot waiting for their turn on the lift..
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if you guys want a nice old porsche look for a mint 944. 50/50 weight distrubition and cheap easy up keep. any rear engine porsche is still gonna cost you an arm and a leg to fix and drive lol.
 
MrEDuck

MrEDuck

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drolove said:
ya those are awesome! and really not even that expensive. idk about the newer models but when i looked them up a few years ago they were only 40-70k depending on the model. now the corvette goes for about twice that lol. you know insurance wont be cheap though!
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They're not bad to buy and the maintainence isn't bad because it's a Toyota engine. I'm sure the insurance is no worse than anything similar in price though.
I rented one to scatter some of my dad's ashes because he's the one who got me into little sports cars. Drove around the Bay Area tossing handfuls of him out of the car whenever we got over 100. I think he'd have been pleased.
 
drolove

drolove

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MrEDuck said:
They're not bad to buy and the maintainence isn't bad because it's a Toyota engine. I'm sure the insurance is no worse than anything similar in price though.
I rented one to scatter some of my dad's ashes because he's the one who got me into little sports cars. Drove around the Bay Area tossing handfuls of him out of the car whenever we got over 100. I think he'd have been pleased.
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haha thats awesome man! i think he'd be pleased too.
and only reason i say it would be expensive on insurance is its classified as an exotic sports car. these days any audi you buy cost about that much and arent considered sports cars and definitely not exotic.
 
MrEDuck

MrEDuck

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I would've figured that anything classed as a sports car that goes for $50k+ would be classed as exotic.
It was an awesome experience! I spent most of the day with a huge grin plastered on my face thinking about good memories with my dad. The guy who owned the place we rented from races an Elise in SCCA events and we were talking about Lotus and Colin Chapman's design philosophy and why I was doing it and he gave us a pretty nice discount. Apparently it's how he wants his remains handled now.
We looked at google maps and looked for quiet twisty roads in the area and found plenty. A couple of streets in SF were steep enough that it could be hard to see stoplights when you're going uphill because it's such a tiny car. Pulling up next to a Civic felt like pulling up next to a Hummer in a compact car. We went out to dinner that night and the valet at the restaurant was a big guy and took one look at the car and was like you can just leave it there. I'm 5'7" and had the seat about as far back as it could go.
 
drolove

drolove

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MrEDuck said:
I would've figured that anything classed as a sports car that goes for $50k+ would be classed as exotic.
It was an awesome experience! I spent most of the day with a huge grin plastered on my face thinking about good memories with my dad. The guy who owned the place we rented from races an Elise in SCCA events and we were talking about Lotus and Colin Chapman's design philosophy and why I was doing it and he gave us a pretty nice discount. Apparently it's how he wants his remains handled now.
We looked at google maps and looked for quiet twisty roads in the area and found plenty. A couple of streets in SF were steep enough that it could be hard to see stoplights when you're going uphill because it's such a tiny car. Pulling up next to a Civic felt like pulling up next to a Hummer in a compact car. We went out to dinner that night and the valet at the restaurant was a big guy and took one look at the car and was like you can just leave it there. I'm 5'7" and had the seat about as far back as it could go.
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lol thats awesome. ya they are definitely some pretty small cars. gotta love em though!
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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MrEDuck said:
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On the subject of smaller lighter cars :)
If I could afford to buy a toy car the Elise is at the top of the list. Nothing like having a <200hp 4 banger and being able to keep up with and beat supercars on a track.
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it's all about power to weight, as demonstrated by this fairly modest fiat 500 putting it to this lamborghini.. :D
i'd still take that lambo, lol..

[video=youtube_share;zCT_GjKcZ18]http://youtu.be/zCT_GjKcZ18[/video]
 
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